Donner Telecaster DTC-100 The ULTIMATE Cheap Guitar!!!
I picked myself up a cheap Donner Telecaster DTC-100. Like really cheap, this one at the time of purchase was $159 on Amazon. (Check my link) I have done a few of these cheap guitar videos. And most of them have been the same story, poor build quality, terrible pickups, the rest of the hardware and build suspect. This one however was different in a lot of the categories. I'm convinced you won't find a guitar in this price range with good pickups, it honestly would shock me if you did. It really seems to me that's where the line [...]
Massive Gear Haul Box Opening
This was my first video back in a long time. I talk pretty openly about trying to dig myself out of a hole the last couple years. With the passing of my Dad and covid and everything I just kind of stopped doing anything that didn't feel necessary. But during that time I kept ordering hardware because I was insisting I was going to either do reviews on it or use it for some project that I never ended up working on. So it just sort of became my depression pile. Then finally I had a friend come over and [...]
Elgato Key Light Review
What up GearZombie fam, I wanted some new lights for my studio. Everything I have is bulky, or old, or not very configurable and I was on the hunt for something different. My desires were affordable, adjustable, configurable and hopefully remote controllable if I could get it. In comes the Elgato Key Light. This thing pretty much checks all the boxes and does everything I would want. I can just bolt this to the edge of my desk, angle it and place it where I want and then control everything including brightness and color temp right from the app on [...]
The Cheapest Electric Guitar On Amazon Grote Guitars
Here is a review I did for the cheapest electric guitar I could find on Amazon. It was the Grote Guitar and honestly, if this was your first guitar it wasn't too bad! Check it out and let me know what you think! And if you're interested click on my link to check it out. FYI using my links does help the channel! Want some cool GearZombie merch? www.gearzombiestore.com Grote Guitar https://amzn.to/3wRK9rN Amazon Guitar Strap https://amzn.to/3wQf1ZX Audient Evo 8 https://amzn.to/3bd1SQq Audient Evo 4 https://amzn.to/2Ow8hyz Shure SM7B https://amzn.to/3qsxNCU Cloud Lifter CL-1 https://amzn.to/3qpHZMG Sony a7iii https://amzn.to/2N8QoFO Sony A7c https://amzn.to/2NyqjQ8 Roland [...]
Best Budget Interface of 2021 Audient Evo Review
One thing that is good and maybe bad about moving into the future is all the cool things that we wanted have become better and affordable. In some cases even just cheap. And not in the just "cheap junk" meaning (although there is a lot of that) but cool tech stuff just doesn't cost much. The Audient Evo series of computer audio interfaces is a perfect example of one of those types of things. I remember when I first got heavy into recording right around the year 2000 I ended up buying my first real interface. It was an Egosys [...]
Best Ibanez Under $400 RGAR42MFMT
This guitar got me thinking about an article I could write. It brings me back to all the of the people that talk about how you need to have a certain amount invested in gear. It's always been a crazy concept to me because guitars of all things are one thing I generally don't spend a lot of money on. Sure I have a couple of costly ones, but mostly those hold some sort of value to me that isn't attached to the higher end parts they include. Think my Jason Becker Kiesel JB24 for example. I am a huge [...]
Aston Microphone Project Element
So, if you have followed GearZombie at all you've likely seen that I have fallen in love with Aston Microphones. Now owning the Stealth and the Origin I am sold! They have a really cool campaign to develop a microphone with sound developed by public vote in blind listening tests online. So you can go out and register and listen to clips and pick what you like. The mic is called the Aston Element and is certain to be as fantastic as their other offerings. If you haven't already I have some video links below with the Aston Stealth for [...]
Strymon Iridium Review Best Amp Pedal For Guitar Players
I have been at this for a long long time. I am an absolute dinosaur for musicians. I remember being so excited as a wee lad to upgrade from my solid-state Crate G40C combo to a Crate G120C 2x12 (still solid-state) combo and thinking I had arrived. We’re talking like 1992ish. I got it home, it weighed a ton and was on casters, I called my best musician buddy over and he looked at it and said… Ohhh.. I thought you got a “REAL” amp. And that’s the day I learned about tube amps.
Line 6 Helix Bogner Uberschall Patch Dial In Demo
Here is another Line 6 Helix Patch Dial In. This time we did a quick dial in with the Bogner Uberschall Model. It's Heavy, Bad Ass and I dig it. Download the free patch and give it a spin!! https://youtu.be/M2B5F4B7ucw Download Patch HERE!!!!!!!! GearZombie Uberschall
Line 6 Helix Vox AC30 (Fawn) Patch Dial In Demo
What's Happenin!!! Here is my quick dial in of a Vox AC30 Fawn on the Line 6 Helix. This patch started out as a Stevie Ray Vaughn patch and then I just kind of went off the rails with it. It's a very basic patch, just the Vox AC30 and a 2x12 Match H30 Cab, a light noise gate and some room reverb. I had a lot of fun playing with this using my Charvel San Dimas with Seymour Duncan Pickups. Download the patch below and have some fun with it! https://youtu.be/rt18a5h6ygM Download This Patch Here!! GearZombie [...]
